Hurricane Milton has strengthened into a Category 5 and is projected to make landfall in Florida less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene.
A satellite image shows a Hurricane Milton forecast map as of Monday at 10am ET Hurricane Milton in the southern Gulf of Mexico has strengthened into a Category 5 storm and is barreling toward Florida. Milton grew into a Category 3 at 7am ET on Monday and into a Category 4 by 9am, according to the National Hurricane Center. By midday, Milton had become a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds around 160mph. Category 5 hurricanes have winds of 175mph or greater.
Flood watches have been issued across the Florida Peninsula affecting up to 15million people, and 11million face the threat of tropical tornadoes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Milton could go ashore in the Tampa Bay region and ravage central Florida as a hurricane before exiting into the Atlantic Ocean. A Hurricane Milton forecast map shows the system projected to travel at 155mph by Tuesday morning ‘This is the real deal here with Milton,’ said Tampa Mayor Jane Castor.
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